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Salvation Army workers say they hope to fill all 46 cots at their emergency shelter in Daytona Beach tonight. That’s after some sat empty last night while the county’s homeless continued to camp in front the administration center on Beach Street.

Tony Deobil, director of social services for the county’s Salvation Army, says his team is getting people into rehabilitation and finding them apartments.

“Folks that really want the help and need the help, we will be able to help,” he says. “Those that want to stay out there. That’s their prerogative, and that’s between them and the city and them and the county.”

Up to 130 men and women have camped in front of the administration center in the past month. Some are in wheelchairs; some have pets. Others are couples who don’t want to be separated.

Homeless advocates say the Salvation Army’s emergency shelter will not solve homelessness. Some of them are asking city officials to re-open Manatee Island, a city park, where the homeless had slept before.